William
Williamse
Covenhoven
aka Kowenhoven, van Couwenhoven
Born in Flatlands, New York
Ancestors 
Brother of
Jannetje (Couwenhoven) Schenck, Lucas Couwenhoven, Aeltje (Couwenhoven) Van Voorhees, Neeltje (Couwenhoven) Duryea and Garret Couwenhoven
Husband of
Margaretta Gerretse (Schenk) Longstreet
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Ann Williamsen (Covenhoven) Hight, Eleanor (Conover) Hankinson, Sarah Covenhoven, William Covenhoven, Garret Covenhoven and David Covenhoven
Died
at age 34
in Monmouth County, New Jersey
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Biography
Willem was a son of Willem Willemse van Couwenhoven and Annetie Lucasse Van Voorhees, born on 22 January 1713. He married Margaret Schenck. They lived in New Jersey.[1]
He died in 1747, between 17 February, when he made his will, and 11 September 1747, when the will was proved. The will, dated 17 February 1746/7, of William Covenhoven, Jr., yeoman, of New Windsor, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, mentioned children William, Garret, Ann, Nelly, Sarah, and David, all under age. The estate included both real and personal estate. Executors were to be his wife, Margaret; William Covenhoven of Flat Lands, Long Island; and Albert Schank, of Pennsneck. Witnesses were Albert Schanck, Cornelius Covenhoven, Derrick Sutphen, Joseph Skelton.[2][3]
His father's will (written in 1757) provided that his grandson, Willem Kowenhoven, Jr., son of his eldest son Willem, deceased, should receive £5 for his birthright. In addition, the sons and daughters of son Willem, deceased, were to have their father's share of the estate, but because his youngest daughter Sarah was dead, her child was to have her share.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Wardell, Patricia A. Early Bergen County Families. File: BCFam-Conover.pdf, page 29. "William Couwenhoven". Accessed 04 Dec 2016. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/
- ↑ Wardell, Patricia A. Early Bergen County Families. File: BCFam-Conover.pdf, pages 29-30. "William Couwenhoven, Jr.," citing Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. II, 1730-1750 (online at Ancestry.com), p. 116 (will of William Covenhoven, Jr.). Accessed 04 Dec 2016. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/
- ↑ Calendar of New Jersey Wills page 286 https://ia902700.us.archive.org/1/items/calendarofnewjer01newj/calendarofnewjer01newj.pdf
- ↑ Wardell, Patricia A. Early Bergen County Families. File: BCFam-Conover.pdf, page 29. "William Couwenhoven," citing Pelletreau, William S., Abstracts of New York Wills, Vol VII 1766-1771, p. 243. Accessed 04 Dec 2016. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/
- Hoff, Henry B. Genealogies of Long Island Families from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Vol. II. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1987). pp. 527, 577-578.
- https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3599&h=3657702&ssrc=pt&tid=62111809
- https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7836&h=283822&ssrc=pt&tid=62111809
- https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L1HS-3PF/willem-willemszen-van-couwenhoven-1713-1747
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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In the next generation an unknown Covenhoven marries Sarah Hankinson-480. For the benefit of anyone dropping in, this era of Hankinson/Hankins family history suffers from a great deal of surname confusion because some shortened it and some did not. They're all the same family. True Hankinses (I'm a changeling) were first in VA, but of course NJ Hankinsons moved down there and shortened...
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